Memphis Police Officer Shot Multiple Times, Gunman Dead

DEVELOPING STORY: A Memphis police officer was shot multiple times Monday night at a Valero gas station in the Oakhaven neighborhood. The gunman who opened fire on the officer is dead.

The shooting happened before 10 p.m. near Winchester Road and Lamar Avenue.

The Memphis Police Dept. said in a Twitter message the officer was shot “multiple times” and was transported to Regional One Hospital.

Video posted on social media shows at least a dozen squad cars escorting the ambulance carrying the officer to the hospital.

“Something really really bad is happening,” said a person videoing the scene.

“The subject who fired shots at the officer was also struck and pronounced dead at the scene,” the police dept. said. “The Tennessee Bureau of Investigation has been contacted and will investigate this incident.”

KWAM’s Pamela Furr will have complete details starting at 6 a.m. on Wake Up Memphis With Ben Deeter. Click here to download the free KWAM app to listen to the show.

The Memphis Police Department est.1827 says the officer was shot at the Valero gas station on Winchester Road near the intersection of Lamar in South Memphis Monday evening.

— Ben Deeter (@benpdeeter) December 6, 2022

#BREAKING: @MEM_PoliceDept officer shot around 9:30 tonight arrived here at ROH via police escort around 10:15pm. Seemed alert as they took him inside the ER. Waiting for info about his condition. #memphis pic.twitter.com/mPbZ19uGmx

— Joyce Peterson (@MemphoNewsLady) December 6, 2022

UPDATE 11:16 P.M.

They were escorting an officer who’d been shot to ROH. Shooting happened around 9:30pm. Ambulance arrived 10:15pm. Officer was alert and talking to doctors when he arrived. pic.twitter.com/gLObrvIyir

— Joyce Peterson (@MemphoNewsLady) December 6, 2022